Displaced Beachbums

I wish I could say my lack of blogging has been because I’ve been at the beach but, it’s been all about the move and finishing up with the end of the year items with the spouses’ club and my religious education class.  I’ve really enjoyed volunteering for both and hate to see the year come to an end.

Another thing I’m going to miss about Guam are the beautiful plumerias FG brings home. They smell as good as they look:

I’ve also found a little time this week to volunteer at GAIN (the local animal shelter) and was so pleased yesterday when I saw about 10 sailors from the USS John Paul Jones (a destroyer) who were spending their time “in port” volunteering at GAIN. They were so hardworking and got a lot of things done for the furry critters.

Speaking of critters, we saw our first “in the wild” brown tree snake yesterday. FM was taking out the trash and ran across this guy:

I’m guessing he’s at least 4 feet. We didn’t have the heart to kill him and, even though I’m an animal lover, I’m secretly hoping he’ll make a meal out of the shrews which have taken up residence in our plants.

Here’s hoping we’ll make it back to the beach this week!